Biology:Trifolium microcephalum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Trifolium |
| Species: | T. microcephalum
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Trifolium microcephalum is a species of clover known by the common names smallhead clover[1] and small-headed clover.[2]
It is native to western North America from southern Alaska and British Columbia to California , Montana, Arizona, and Baja California, where it occurs in many types of habitat, becoming common to abundant in some regions. It can grow in disturbed habitat and become a casual roadside weed.
Description
Trifolium microcephalum is an annual herb taking a decumbent or erect form. It is coated in hairs. The leaves are made up of oval leaflets with notched tips, each measuring up to 2 centimeters long, and bristle-tipped stipules.
The inflorescence is a head of flowers borne in a bowl-like involucre of wide, hairy bracts. The head is not more than a centimeter wide. Each flower has a calyx of sepals with lobes narrowing into hairy bristles. The flower corolla is pinkish or purplish and measures 4 to 7 millimeters in length.
References
- ↑ "Trifolium microcephalum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=TRMI4. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ↑ (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17
External links
- Calflora Database: Trifolium microcephalum (Hairy clover, Maiden clover, Small headed clover)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Trifolium microcephalum[no|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- Burke Museum, University of Washington
- UC CalPhotos gallery: Trifolium microcephalum
Wikidata ☰ Q7841543 entry
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